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we have seen presidents in the past, george w. bush after 9/11. bill clinton after the oklahoma city bombing do that very effectively and president obama will try to do that again today as he did after gabby giffords was shot more than a year ago. >> i also remember president reagan doing that after the shuttle explosion. these things are indelibly etched into your mind. christina, both the president and mr. romney do have events tomorrow. neither will likely talk gun control any time soon. could or would either candidate bringing it up be possible down the road? >> nothing is impossible. it is unlikely. it is not a debate that these two guys want to have. you have mayor michael bloomberg calling on each of them to resurge on this issue. it is politically difficult for both parties to tackle this. it is something i wouldn't be surprised if congress takes up. there are advocates that have fierce opinions on both sides. even if the debate doesn't change and people feel very entrenched on either side, people want to talk about it. it gives people who
we have seen presidents in the past, george w. bush after 9/11. bill clinton after the oklahoma city bombing do that very effectively and president obama will try to do that again today as he did after gabby giffords was shot more than a year ago. >> i also remember president reagan doing that after the shuttle explosion. these things are indelibly etched into your mind. christina, both the president and mr. romney do have events tomorrow. neither will likely talk gun control any time...
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and even george w. bush in his memoir rewritwrites he regrets pursuing it in 2005. he told some of his colleagues at the time, don't worry. this isn't the third realm of the politics anymore. >> it was. >> and it was. and the reason i went through that history is because he's back now with much bolder, more ambitious plans and he's convinced you and all of your republican colleagues to walk off the plank and vote for what democrats think is a very controversial agenda. >> oh, my. >> well, it's a very compassionate budget actually. >> i want to hear your response to this. about y but at the time that ryan put his budget out first in 2008 and then he modified it in recent years, a lot of republican pollsters are saying don't vote from this, stay away from this. and boehner, the republican minority leader at the time, made sure that republicans in the house of representatives did not embrace it in 2010. >> i did. >> you did? >> yes. >> and you ran on it? >> i did. >> and you won? >> yes. in a challenger race. >> in a challenger race. so this is a success story. >> so n
and even george w. bush in his memoir rewritwrites he regrets pursuing it in 2005. he told some of his colleagues at the time, don't worry. this isn't the third realm of the politics anymore. >> it was. >> and it was. and the reason i went through that history is because he's back now with much bolder, more ambitious plans and he's convinced you and all of your republican colleagues to walk off the plank and vote for what democrats think is a very controversial agenda. >> oh,...
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but he is in that gray area and he's in a position like george w. bush was where the obama campaign is not going to change attitudes by advertising. there are people like the president and people who dislike the president. there are very few undecided voters and very few people have not met their mind about president barack obama. are they going to end up voting is one question. the their attitudes are mostly going to be shaped by what is going on in terms of reality. what the obama campaign can try to control as perceptions of mitt romney. even though this presidential election is going to be a referendum on the incumbent, mitt romney needs to reach the threshold level of credibility. mitt romney need to introduce himself to the american people. barack obama is very well known. mitt romney, not so much. that is why you see the obama campaign going strongly negative on mitt romney. they are trying to define him and introduce him and stop him from reaching a threshold level of credibility. >> we showed you one of mitt romney's adds. we'll show you on
but he is in that gray area and he's in a position like george w. bush was where the obama campaign is not going to change attitudes by advertising. there are people like the president and people who dislike the president. there are very few undecided voters and very few people have not met their mind about president barack obama. are they going to end up voting is one question. the their attitudes are mostly going to be shaped by what is going on in terms of reality. what the obama campaign...
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neither george w. bush nor bill clinton followed through but in this exclusive interview mitt romney tells our wolf blitzer he will make that happen if he's elected. >> reporter: do you consider jerusalem to be the capital of israel? >> yes, of course. a nation has the compass itty to choose its own capital city and jerusalem is israel's capital. >> reporter: if you become president of the united states would you move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem? >> i think it's long been the policy of our country to have our embassy in the nation's capital, jerusalem. the decision to actually make the move is one, if i were president, i would want to take in consultation with the lead r leadership of the government which exists at that time. so i would follow the same policy we have in the past, our embassy would be in the capital but the timing of that is something i would want to work out with the xwoft. >> reporter: with the government of israel? >> with the government of israel. >> reporter: they h
neither george w. bush nor bill clinton followed through but in this exclusive interview mitt romney tells our wolf blitzer he will make that happen if he's elected. >> reporter: do you consider jerusalem to be the capital of israel? >> yes, of course. a nation has the compass itty to choose its own capital city and jerusalem is israel's capital. >> reporter: if you become president of the united states would you move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem? >> i...
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it is similar to a promise that george w. bush made in 2000. he said he would move the embassy to jerusalem. never got around to doing it. >> bill: never got around to doing it because his policy were the same policies as ronnald reagan and daddy bush before him as well as bill clinton the future of jerusalem should be part of the negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis correct? >> correct. >> bill: that's been the going position of the united states. >> you don't want to predetermine the status of jerusalem. >> bill: doesn't mitt romney know that? >> he's incurring favor with the voter block back home and with the israelis there. this is part of the pattern with them. this pandering. this knowing your audience. staying the -- says the things that you want your audience to hear. >> bill: in the same speech, he says that he didn't call for a bombing iran but he said if israel does it, then -- >> this is the more important part. this, as you see it now consistent in his statements, the gross exaggeration of the threat that iran pos
it is similar to a promise that george w. bush made in 2000. he said he would move the embassy to jerusalem. never got around to doing it. >> bill: never got around to doing it because his policy were the same policies as ronnald reagan and daddy bush before him as well as bill clinton the future of jerusalem should be part of the negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis correct? >> correct. >> bill: that's been the going position of the united states. >>...
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w. hey, joe. >>> happening now. one last stop, one last gaffe. mitt romney's overseas trip has the obama campaign snickering. also rick santorum snowed mitt romney's nomination, how far will he go to win the white house? will ferrell and zach galifianakis are with us like to talk about their new movie. wolf blitszer is off. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> right now mitt romney's on his way home from an overseas trip his campaign is calling a great success even though it generated embarrassing headlines at every stop. latest came today in poland when one of romney's top aides cursed at reporters asking questions. one of them was our jim acosta, who joins us from warsaw. jim, what happened today that the romney team sounds upbeat despite all that's been going on? >> reporter: well, joe, a senior romney advisor told reporters here in warsaw that mistakes do happen out on the campaign trail. but when asked what mistakes were made on this overseas trip, that advisor couldn'
w. hey, joe. >>> happening now. one last stop, one last gaffe. mitt romney's overseas trip has the obama campaign snickering. also rick santorum snowed mitt romney's nomination, how far will he go to win the white house? will ferrell and zach galifianakis are with us like to talk about their new movie. wolf blitszer is off. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> right now mitt romney's on his way home from an overseas trip his campaign is calling a great...
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w. i think to me it's a distraction. governor romney can make that case from the standpoint of the politics of it. i'm not going to weigh-in on that. i think if you look at the pressure that governor romney is getting on his tax returns and you look at the lack of pressure president obama's had on a whole series of things personal to him that he's still refused to include his transcripts and a whole list of other things, it's again a double standard. and i think if president obama wants to set record for transparency, he should be a lot more transparent as a result. >> you have not been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate for mitt romney. why do you think you haven't been vetted? >> oh, i think i've probably been pretty well vetted. >> you think you have? >> i think they know more about me than just anybody. and, you know, look, when you're in the ring and slugging away, they know everything about us. and, you know, we have a pretty good idea of what they're about too. i
w. i think to me it's a distraction. governor romney can make that case from the standpoint of the politics of it. i'm not going to weigh-in on that. i think if you look at the pressure that governor romney is getting on his tax returns and you look at the lack of pressure president obama's had on a whole series of things personal to him that he's still refused to include his transcripts and a whole list of other things, it's again a double standard. and i think if president obama wants to set...
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actually when i was doing it for -- well, i did it for ford in '76, but then again for george w. bush in 2000, i had a couple of calls from prominent politicians who would say, it would really help me in my race back home if i was on the list. then somebody could go leak the fact that they were on the list. but that was the big list. it's easy to get on the big list. the tough part is the small list, the one that's really under active consideration and the test to get on that small list has to be, is this person capable of being president of the united states? that's usually a very, very short list. >> steve: on that point, he also told abc news that john mccain made a mistake in picking sarah palin because she had only been governor of the great state of alaska for two years, didn't have enough preparation to be ready to do the big job on the first day. >> gretchen: and john mccain will be coming up live on our show and brian will ask him that question, how he feels about dick cheney saying that. >> brian: did he just eliminate marco rubio, by the way? >> gretchen: obviously he'
actually when i was doing it for -- well, i did it for ford in '76, but then again for george w. bush in 2000, i had a couple of calls from prominent politicians who would say, it would really help me in my race back home if i was on the list. then somebody could go leak the fact that they were on the list. but that was the big list. it's easy to get on the big list. the tough part is the small list, the one that's really under active consideration and the test to get on that small list has to...
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europe was not in an economic meltdown, this was a fresh face after eight years of george w. bush, who was not popular. it's mandatory for a presidential candidate to make these kind of tours. the big stop will be israel. we'll see a lot of governor romney in israel probably with bebe netanyahu, very close and prominent jewish fund-raisers who want to peel away the jewish vote from the democratic party. >> one thing we saw in our poll was that both candidates have high negative ratings. obviously the campaign is taking the toll with some voters. do you think the attacks on romney have been successful? do they hurt president obama where voters say he's likable? >> it's a double-edged sword. very senior republicans are very worried about the success of the obama campaign and the president himself defining governor romney. that's the last thing you want to do in american politics. on the other hand it probably has lowered the public estimation of president obama personally. they just don't like negative voting. a lot of this will change once the conventions get under way. we'll
europe was not in an economic meltdown, this was a fresh face after eight years of george w. bush, who was not popular. it's mandatory for a presidential candidate to make these kind of tours. the big stop will be israel. we'll see a lot of governor romney in israel probably with bebe netanyahu, very close and prominent jewish fund-raisers who want to peel away the jewish vote from the democratic party. >> one thing we saw in our poll was that both candidates have high negative ratings....
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w. and they kept directing reporters back to what mitt romney said at an earlier meeting before he met with david cameron when he basically said he was confident that the games would go on without a hitch. so at this point, candy, they're sort of pretending it never really happened. >> probably a good idea. thanks so much jim acosta in london for us. quick note, wolf is traveling to israel right now where he'll interview mitt romney. we'll have that right here monday on "the situation room." >>> president obama is doing his best to dim the spotlight using tools on a president has. chief white house koerpt jessica yellin has that part of the story. jessica, it's good to be president in an election year. >> reporter: sure, it can be, candy. look, the president he is far from london. but he is putting in a strong performance when it comes to trying to overshadow mitt romney's overseas trip. the obama campaign is getting in on the olympics competition sending the most popular member of their
w. and they kept directing reporters back to what mitt romney said at an earlier meeting before he met with david cameron when he basically said he was confident that the games would go on without a hitch. so at this point, candy, they're sort of pretending it never really happened. >> probably a good idea. thanks so much jim acosta in london for us. quick note, wolf is traveling to israel right now where he'll interview mitt romney. we'll have that right here monday on "the...
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the challenge corporation, which was a major initiative of president george w. bush, said we should invest in those companies that are committed to the rule of law and will and corruption and a sensible ideas. if people are wasting money, to heck with them. we do not need to give them that money. the american people should not expect us to give them that money. >> let me do what i enjoy doing so much -- put you on the spot a little bit. your secretary of state today. we have this fiscal cliff that we are facing. we may have sequestration of our military. we may have another downgrade of our debt. who knows where this will go. you have to go up on the hill and make the case for doubling -- for spending more. how would you do that today? >> i think that i would make it a very clear that the security of the united states depends on the fact of us having friends around the world and countries where people are able to live a decent life and where, in fact, they -- there is not an environment terrorists can take advantage of. there is no direct line between poverty an
the challenge corporation, which was a major initiative of president george w. bush, said we should invest in those companies that are committed to the rule of law and will and corruption and a sensible ideas. if people are wasting money, to heck with them. we do not need to give them that money. the american people should not expect us to give them that money. >> let me do what i enjoy doing so much -- put you on the spot a little bit. your secretary of state today. we have this fiscal...